Finding Funding

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Finding Funding

• Leave the logon and password blank.
• Go to the authentification shortcut and input
  your UA CCID and password when prompted.
• 3. Download the Finding Funding Linkpage from
  http//www.rso.ualberta.ca/workshops.cfm and open.

TO DO

• The aim of this workshop is to gather some
  suggestions for and facilitate finding
  appropriate funding opportunities for research
  activities, particularly those in the area of
  Medicine.After a discussion of what are the
  characteristics of a good funding opportunity,
  and where do we search for funding,
  participants will have the opportunity to use the
  lab computers to search for funding
  opportunities.
• Joanne Simala-Grant BSc PhD jls24_at_ualberta.ca

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Outline

• What are the characteristics of a good funding
  opportunity?
• Where do we search for funding opportunities?
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities
  Database Demo
• Funding Opportunity Searches

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What are the characteristics of a good funding
opportunity?
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Where do we search for funding opportunities?
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Where can we search for funding opportunities?

• Agencies, Repositories, Resources and People

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Agencies and Repositories
International Agencies
Agencies
Companies
Federal Agencies
Repositories
Not-for-profit Foundations
Provincial Agencies
Internal University of Alberta
Municipal Agencies
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Agencies
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Federal Funding Agencies

• Tri-council Federal Agencies
• CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• http//www.cihr.ca/e/193.html
• NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
  Council
• http//www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/index_eng.asp
• SSHRC Social Science and Humanities Research
  Council
• http//www.sshrc.ca/
• CFI Canada Foundation for Innovation
• HC Health Canada
• PHAC Public Health Agency of Canada

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Provincial Funding Agencies The New Alberta -
Research and Innovation System

• Alberta Research and Innovation Authority
  (advisory body)
• Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions
• Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment
  Solutions
• Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
• Alberta Innovates Technology Futures
• Research and Innovation Framework
  http//aet.alberta.ca/research/system/mandates/fra
  mework.aspx

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Examples of Not-for Profit Agencies

• ACCFCR Alberta Child and Family and Community
  Research
• http//www.research4children.com/
• CCFC Crohns and Colitis Foundation of Canada
• http//www.ccfc.ca/English/info/index.html
• CDA Canadian Diabetes Association
• http//www.diabetes.ca/
• HSFC Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• http//www.hsf.ca/research/en/general/home.html

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Resources
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University Resources

• Research Services Office Target Point (link 1)
• http//www.rso.ualberta.ca/targetpoint.cfm

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Faculty Resources?

• Medicine and Dentistry
• Faculty of Med. Dentistry E-Opportunities
  Bulletin (link 2)
• http//www.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Research/Funding/E
  Opportunities/
• jen.koskela_at_ualberta.ca
• Nursing
• Intranet Funding Deadline Calendar
• Others?

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People
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People

• Research Facilitators for each of the Faculties
  (link 3)
• http//www.rso.ualberta.ca/contact.cfm
• Directors of Research
• ie. Mark Taylor, Faculty of Medicine and
  Dentistry mark.taylor_at_med.ualberta.ca
• Jay Babiak, Faculty of Nursing
  jay.babiak_at_ualberta.ca

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Repositories
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Repositories Undergraduate Students

• Office of the Registrar and Student Awards (link
  4)
• http//www.registrar.ualberta.ca/ro.cfm?id541

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Repositories Graduate Students

• Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (link 5)
• http//www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/i
  ndex.htm
• Challenge is one is directed to the home page for
  the agency rather than the Funding Opportunity

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Repositories Post-doctoral Fellows

• Post-doctoral Fellows Office (link 6)
• http//www.postdoc.ualberta.ca/fundingfellowship/e
  xternalfunding.htm
• Challenge is that one is usually directed to home
  page for funding agency rather than Funding
  Opportunity.

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General Repositories

• Association of Universities and Colleges of
  Canada
• https//juno.aucc.ca/wes/hes.aspx?pg975
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (link 7
  and 8)
• http//www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/searc
  h.do?viewsearchfodAgencyCIHRfodLanguageE and
  http//www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/26626.html
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities
  Database (link 9)
• http//fundingopps.cos.com/

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COS Tutorials

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COS Funding Opportunities Instructions

• http//fundingopps.cos.com/docs/help_toc.shtml

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Using COS Funding OpportunitiesThe Worlds
Largest Funding Information Database
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COS Funding Opportunities

• Helps you find the funding information you need
  quickly and easily.
• Comprehensive contains over 24,000 records from
  numerous sponsor types across all disciplines,
  making it the worlds largest funding database.
• Easy to use offers varied and intuitive search
  interfaces, downloadable search results, direct
  links to records, and search tracking/saving.
• Current information updated daily by a team of
  specialized editors.
• Quality data obtained directly from the
  sponsoring organizations to ensure quality and
  reliability.

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Contents

• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• COS Search Results
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

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Contents

• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• COS Search Results
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

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Sample Record
Information in the record includes the date the
record was last revised, sponsor, award amount,
deadline, and activity location and professional
requirements
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Sample Record
as well as an abstract, eligibility information,
the COS Keywords assigned to the record, the type
of funding, as well as sponsor contact
information.
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Contents

• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• Advanced Search
• Simple Search
• Search Wizard
• View by Sponsor
• View Opportunities With Deadlines in the Next Six
  Weeks
• COS Funding Opportunities Results
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

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Advanced Search
Advanced Search Use this option for creating
custom searches with a variety of search fields
from which to choose.
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Advanced Search
This search will look for records that contain
the terms brain or cancer in any field,
records with a deadline on or after 9/1/08, and
for which research conducted in the District of
Columbia is eligible.
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Advanced Search
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Advanced Search
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Advanced Search
Tip hold the control (PC) or open apple
(Mac) key to select more than one item from a
picklist.
You can also choose which requirements you meet,
your citizenship, and the type of funding for
which youre looking.
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Advanced Search
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Simple Search
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Search Wizard
Search Wizard Use the Funding Opportunities
Search Wizard for a step-by-step process to help
you set up your funding search.
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Search Wizard
First, indicate which of the choices best
describes you or your employer.
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Search Wizard
Next, specify the country or countries of which
you are a citizen or permanent resident.
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Search Wizard
Note As you fill in your search criteria, the
Search Summary on the left side of the screen
will show what youve chosen so far. It will
also tell you how many opportunities your search
currently returns. You may choose to see those
results at any time.
Now select which sponsor types interest you.
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Search Wizard
Now select which sponsor types interest you.
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Search Wizard
Click on Show Results to see the list of
funding opportunities for your specified
criteria.
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Records with Deadlines in the Next 6 Weeks
You can view a current list of all COS Funding
Opportunities with deadlines in the next six
weeks.
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View by Sponsor
Search the Funding Opportunities database by
sponsor.
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View by Sponsor
Search for a sponsor using the text box, or
browse for one by clicking on a letter.
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View by Sponsor
This brings you to a list of all sponsors
starting with N. Click a sponsor name to find
all current opportunities from that sponsor,
e.g., National 4-H Council.
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Contents

• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• COS Search Results
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities

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Search Results
This search returned 498 results.
This search returned 635 results.
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Search Results
By default, the results list is sorted by
relevancy, but you can choose to sort by Grant
Title, Sponsor, Deadline, or Amount. Click on the
hyperlinked column headings to sort the list
accordingly.
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Search Results
Faceted search results take the results set from
your search and break it down into "facets"
according to key categories. From your results
list, you can see at a glance how many
opportunities are for Training or Scholarship or
Fellowship. You can then click on any of these
"facets" to see opportunities with those criteria
only.
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Search Results
Notice the new list of results.
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Search Results
Mouse-overs help you view more information about
each record without having to click on each
title. Grant Title, Sponsor, Deadline, and Amount
all have mouse-overs.
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Search Results
Click on any of the hyperlinked Grant Titles to
view the entire Funding Opportunities record.
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Contents

• A COS Funding Opportunities Record
• Using COS Funding Opportunities Search Interfaces
• COS Search Results
• Special Features of COS Funding Opportunities
• - search language
• - share a record
• - download your results
• - refine your query
• - save share your search
• - track, tag share your records

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Search Methods

• You can use the Match Any Field or Match All
  Fields options at the top of the Advanced Search
  screen.
• Match Any Field will act as an OR operator
  e.g. selecting match any fields and typing
  brain in the top field and cancer right
  beneath it, will find records containing the
  words brain or cancer somewhere in the
  field(s) you are searching
• Match All Fields will act as an AND operator
  e.g. selecting match all fields and typing
  brain in the top field and cancer right
  beneath it, will find records containing the
  words brain and the word cancer somewhere in
  the field(s) you are searching

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More Search Methods

• Within the rows are or operators that function
  within the broader match all or match any
  options.
• You can add any number of exclusion fields.
  Instead of using the NOT operator, you can
  choose specific fields where you dont want a
  term to appear.

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Search Language Other Tricks

• You can use these special characters to connect
  your search terms for specific results
• Wild Card find variations on a word e.g.,
  ENVIROMENT finds profiles with words such as
  ENVIRONMENTAL and ENVIRONMENTS.
• Proximity w/ find words used together but not
  necessarily in an exact phrase e.g., WIND w/2
  ENERGY finds profiles where these two words are
  separated by not more than two words, such as
  those with the phrase WINDTURBINE ENERGY.

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Search Language Other Tricks

• Exact Phrase find a precise phrase e.g.,
  WIND ENERGY in quotation marks finds profiles
  where these two words appear together as a
  phrase.
• Precedence ( ) execute a series of search
  commands in a particular order e.g., (HIV OR
  AIDS) NOT EDUCATION finds profiles with the terms
  HIV and/or AIDS, then excludes those with the
  word EDUCATION.

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Record Share
You can e-mail any record to colleagues, even if
they dont have access to COS Funding
Opportunities.
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Record Share
Fill out the form, listing up to 5 recipient
e-mail addresses, then send.
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Shared Record
Your colleague will receive an e-mail with a link
to the funding opportunity. That link is good for
14 days.
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Citation Manager
To download and save your results, click
Download Citations to see a window allowing you
to do so.
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Citation Manager
This example is set to download all records on
the page in HTML format with the full record
content.
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Citation Manager Results
This is the download of the full records in HTML
format. Go to File then Save as to save it
to open and read later offline.
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Refine your Query
Start with a broad search, then narrow it by
searching within your results. This example shows
a search with 1217 initial results.
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Refine your Query
You will be taken back to the main search form
that will show you your previous choices. Add
genetic to your original search of brain or
cancer to search within the initial 1217
results.
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Refine your Query
Your results have been narrowed to 315.
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Save a Search
The Save Search option will allow you to save
searches that you have created to your COS
Workbench.
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Save a Search
If not logged in, you will be prompted to enter
your username and password.
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Save a Search
You will then be asked to choose a name for your
search. If you are at an institution that
subscribes to COS Funding Alert you will also be
asked if you would like to receive e-mail about
this alert.
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Share a Search
You can also Share your search with other COS
subscribers.
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Sharing a Search
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Shared Search
Your colleague will receive an email with a
dynamic search link. She can click on that link
to run the search anew. She can then save it to
her COS Workbench. She can also save the link or
use it on a webpage.
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Save a Search
If you were already logged in when trying to save
a search, you will get a window asking for the
same information. When you save it, you can
continue working.
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Track Records
You can track individual Funding Opportunities on
your Workbench and be notified when those records
are updated.
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Track Records
Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign
to your tracked funding records to help you
organize and remember them. Tagging lets you
categorize your tracked records in your own
words. If you put a space in your tag name, a new
tag is created.
If not already logged in, youll be prompted to
log in (just like in the save search section).
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Saved Records
The Cancer Research/Clinical Fellowship Awards
opportunity has been added to my tracked
opportunities. Whenever the opportunity is
updated by the COS editors, it will be marked as
Recently Updated on your COS Workbench.
Tip You can track up to 200 opportunities at a
time on your COS Workbench.
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Record Share
You can sort your records by clicking on a tag.
This will display only those records that you
have so tagged.
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Record Share
This is a stable url. When you update your tags,
your colleagues will see your updated results too.
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COS Funding Opportunities

• Includes lesser-known funding sources, such as
  new or highly specialized sources, as well a
  conventional sources
• Covers all disciplines humanities and arts as
  well as the sciences
• You can send opportunities to colleagues,
  download your results to review later, and save
  your searches.
• Opportunities for many professional levels
  faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate
  students
• Search tools help you target funding that is
  relevant to you, filtering out irrelevant records
• Tools to help you manage your search effort and
  to communicate valuable information to other COS
  searchers

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COS Funding Opportunities

• http//fundingopps.cos.com